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president obama and senators cut the christmas vacation short. the leader is happy to review what the president has in mind but to date they have not put forward a plan. late today, mcconnell expressed frustration. >> this is a conversation we should have had months ago. republicans aren't about to write a blank check or anything that senate democrats put forward just because we find ourselves at the essential. >> asked if he was going over the cliff, biden joked cliff? what cliff? this has been operated with a dictatorship of the speaker. not allowing the vast majority of the representatives to get what they want. they want them to return in case a deal is in the final hours. today, the u.s. is heading over the cliff. >> what goes away next week is the bush tax cut that they loathed since they went in place a secon decade ago. don't assume the president wants to cut a deal. he wants to see if he'll be blamed for it before they negotiate. they talk about the meeting tomorrow with the president and key congressional leaders. >> thank you. if the f
president obama and senators cut the christmas vacation short. the leader is happy to review what the president has in mind but to date they have not put forward a plan. late today, mcconnell expressed frustration. >> this is a conversation we should have had months ago. republicans aren't about to write a blank check or anything that senate democrats put forward just because we find ourselves at the essential. >> asked if he was going over the cliff, biden joked cliff? what cliff?...
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will have to give more, than entitlement cuts and spending cuts and republicans might have to acquiesce to tax hikes. lou: what is the republican party coming, monica used expression political party suicide, i don't know if that drastic but there is a defeatism i find astonishing. >> they hope to stan strong together in one message, we need a warrior that is why i'm delighted that jim demint is leaving and going to the heritage foundation, we don't have a clear champion on our issue, senator rubio does a great job but we need more out there jan the kuh cuban guy from florida. lou: i tell you, right now, i may be insulting a lot of people, but he is the most ex fisk communicate or -- effective communicate or the republican party has but he is not talking about the fiscal cliff. >> he said we have to did is not create new taxes but new tax payers, not make the richer poorer but the poorer richer. lou: that is a great slogan. >> you have to create policy, we're 25 days away from the fiscal cliff. >> to your original question about lack of energy and coing he had on the republican side, --
will have to give more, than entitlement cuts and spending cuts and republicans might have to acquiesce to tax hikes. lou: what is the republican party coming, monica used expression political party suicide, i don't know if that drastic but there is a defeatism i find astonishing. >> they hope to stan strong together in one message, we need a warrior that is why i'm delighted that jim demint is leaving and going to the heritage foundation, we don't have a clear champion on our issue,...
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i think president obama is less frigened of going over the cliff tha the republicans are, that is why the republicans are making all concessioos. i tell you, if we go over the cliff, here is what he wouldo, sa okay, now, everyone's tax have been raised, it happened because the republicans wanted stand by their fat cat friends, while i tell you, what their taxes will stay where they are increased and i have a tax cut f 98% of aricans that will send up to the hill a seen as congress gets back here, we restore the bush tax cuts for middle class and workin work cst the rich are paying their fair share, and i think that country will applaud. neil: you think he comes out a hero, that is why republicans fear if that scenario they lose. >> they are i a lose-se situatio onl thing obama has to fear is, if he plays it hardball, and takes us over tha@ cliff,n play the savior beyond the cliff. its possible that we could have a real downturn, a real recessn. and a real problem in the economy,nhich case, barac obama will not escape the historic reputation of the democrats' herbert hoover. neil no pr
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i think obama thinks going off the cliff is a win for him so he can pass the obama tax cut and say look, i'm bringing in revenue. i lowered the deficit. pass his tax cut. a win and he can blame the g.o.p. i would argue i don't think the g.o.p. had the ball on this fight. i don't think they gave it up. i don't think they had it. it's very tough for them to win against the white house like this. and a white house press corps that is not going to report anything negative against the president. >> eric: the ball is a debt ceiling. remember, all the negotiations, tell you, i'll get to greg, they have to go through the house. money negotiations go through the house. if the house says no on raising debt ceiling they can create havoc. go ahead. >> greg: i don't care anymore. >> kimberly: okay. you did last week? >> greg: as a human being in this discussion, i have already lost. both options going over the fiscal cliff and not going over the fiscal cliff are losers. that leads to a big lie. when this was made it was supposed to be bad for both sides. remember, high taxes and democrat sweet 16 pa
i think obama thinks going off the cliff is a win for him so he can pass the obama tax cut and say look, i'm bringing in revenue. i lowered the deficit. pass his tax cut. a win and he can blame the g.o.p. i would argue i don't think the g.o.p. had the ball on this fight. i don't think they gave it up. i don't think they had it. it's very tough for them to win against the white house like this. and a white house press corps that is not going to report anything negative against the president....
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that president obama made in medicare that would go to private insurance companies away and he made the same cut in his own budget it just goes on and on only that he attacked the stimulus it turns out he applied for stimulus money he attacked the health care bill turns out he applied for some of these health care monies i mean it goes on it's actually become very hard to find on a statement quite frankly that mitt romney and paul ryan made and frankly they all finish up by saying most recently in this terrible tragedy that happened the other night in libya mitt romney again not only to attack a sitting president during a time when our americans are being killed abroad but he lied about it he attacked him based upon a statement that was issued through social media by the embassy in egypt he claimed that was what president obama stood for when i was it and he claimed that this statement was released after the attack took place when it was it was released before so it's hard to know when they're making in fact one honest remark much less many ok glenn i think it's very interesting i m
that president obama made in medicare that would go to private insurance companies away and he made the same cut in his own budget it just goes on and on only that he attacked the stimulus it turns out he applied for stimulus money he attacked the health care bill turns out he applied for some of these health care monies i mean it goes on it's actually become very hard to find on a statement quite frankly that mitt romney and paul ryan made and frankly they all finish up by saying most recently...
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have their work cut out for them, is it time to get counselling, here is what some are tweeting the show jason said, congress members are all spoiled and bratty kids, they need a firm hand to their back side, they should get paid for what they get done, no more salary. >> they need to get their heads out of politics and do what is right for the country. >> and does congress need counselling? 90% said yes, 10% said no. must have beenheir parents,. >> dave writes, medicare and social security are retirement programs we've been paying into for 40 years. >> i am 73 years old, and am sick of off
have their work cut out for them, is it time to get counselling, here is what some are tweeting the show jason said, congress members are all spoiled and bratty kids, they need a firm hand to their back side, they should get paid for what they get done, no more salary. >> they need to get their heads out of politics and do what is right for the country. >> and does congress need counselling? 90% said yes, 10% said no. must have beenheir parents,. >> dave writes, medicare and...
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explaining how cuts to medicaid could affect families with autistic children. the autism epidemic touches more and more american families. one in 88 children is diagnosed with the disorder by the time they are eight years old. it covers developmental disorders which impair social interaction and communication, and now the first large wave of children diagnosed with autism are reaching young adulthood, and our country is woefully unprepared. while local system systems are providing services up to age 21. adults rely on medicaid support. but states that are strapped for funding often have massive waiting lists. i programs and services for autism speaks, the world's leading autism science and advocacy organization. thank you so much for joining us inside "the war room." >> thank you for having me. >> jennifer: i'm so pleased you are here to provide a human perspective on what these kids might mean. why before we get to that is why is this wave of autism happening? >> fortunately, we don't know. the increase in autism over the last 20 years is tenfold and 50% of it
explaining how cuts to medicaid could affect families with autistic children. the autism epidemic touches more and more american families. one in 88 children is diagnosed with the disorder by the time they are eight years old. it covers developmental disorders which impair social interaction and communication, and now the first large wave of children diagnosed with autism are reaching young adulthood, and our country is woefully unprepared. while local system systems are providing services up...
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i think obama thinks going off the cliff is a win for him so he can pass the obama tax cut and say look, i'm bringing in revenue. i lowered the deficit. pass his tax cut. a win and he can blame the g.o.p. i would argue i don't think the g.o.p. had the ball on this fight. i don't think they gave it up. i don't think they had it. it's very tough for them to win against the white house like this. and a white house press corps that is not going to report anything negative against the president. >> eric: the ball is a debt ceiling. remember, all the negotiations, tell you, i'll get to greg, they have to go through the house. money negotiations go through the house. if the house says no on raising debt ceiling they can create havoc. go ahead. >> greg: i don't care anymore. >> kimberly: okay. you did last week? >> greg: as a human being in this discussion, i have already lost. both options going over the fiscal cliff and not going over the fiscal cliff are losers. that leads to a big lie. when this was made it was supposed to be bad for both sides. remember, high taxes and democrat sweet 16 pa
i think obama thinks going off the cliff is a win for him so he can pass the obama tax cut and say look, i'm bringing in revenue. i lowered the deficit. pass his tax cut. a win and he can blame the g.o.p. i would argue i don't think the g.o.p. had the ball on this fight. i don't think they gave it up. i don't think they had it. it's very tough for them to win against the white house like this. and a white house press corps that is not going to report anything negative against the president....
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if you look at a president obama's proposal on spending cuts, there are means cuts on that. i think we need both tax revenue and much more than tax reform will give us, we also need higher tax rates and we also need spending cuts and it has to be balanced. i'm optimistic about this, it seems to me they're coming to common ground here on the tax side and the spending side. >> right now when i'm with the dreath democrats they say no cuts in medicaid, no cuts? social security. >> they kind of don't matter at this point, right? >> they don't matter, but it is going to be, we talked so much about the politics within the republican party and within the republican caucus in the house. but talk to senior democrats and they will tell you, even rank and file democrats, emmanuelle cleaver is important because he's the tom cole of the left, but it's going to be hard for them to walk in at the democratic caucuses that you're going to have to give on raising eligibility for medicare. >> you know the deals that were made, as few as they were recently have not been from the right to the lef
if you look at a president obama's proposal on spending cuts, there are means cuts on that. i think we need both tax revenue and much more than tax reform will give us, we also need higher tax rates and we also need spending cuts and it has to be balanced. i'm optimistic about this, it seems to me they're coming to common ground here on the tax side and the spending side. >> right now when i'm with the dreath democrats they say no cuts in medicaid, no cuts? social security. >> they...
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so if obama gets elected they stay in. if romeny gets elected which he won't then he can't necessarily change it so let's just build that those tax cuts are gonna expire at the end of the year period. the one thing that i can tell you that is very troublesome to me as i look at prices, as i look across as i look at hog prices priced for next summer, i look at cattle prices, i look at grain prices and that is that why is it that we ignore the food and energy component of cpi? so, i could be ben bernanke's speech writer because he says the same thing every time he goes in front of the senate is we don't see any particular problem with inflation. really, we don't corn prices just nearly double in three months. so, how is it there is no inflation? >> reporter: do you get any sense that the ethanol mandate is going to change under either administration under obama or if romney would get elected? >> well is sure seems like the word ethanol has turned into a pejorative and it's not exactly the most positive topic. i just don't kn
so if obama gets elected they stay in. if romeny gets elected which he won't then he can't necessarily change it so let's just build that those tax cuts are gonna expire at the end of the year period. the one thing that i can tell you that is very troublesome to me as i look at prices, as i look across as i look at hog prices priced for next summer, i look at cattle prices, i look at grain prices and that is that why is it that we ignore the food and energy component of cpi? so, i could be ben...
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>> obama cut it out of medicare. obama's team would say he found that much in savings. he looked at medicare the same way you might look at your household budget and say where can we save money. they found $716 billion to save which i'm sure you haven't found in your household account. >> not like that. >> they said they found that much to save. in fact, what medicare analyst have said with those savings you can go further along without running into financial trouble. yes, it's an obama savings means that medicare will be finally healthier for a longer period of time. romney's camp says those are cuts that will hurt seniors. obama says seniors won't feel these savings. >> got it. thank you. >>> he called himself the angel of death. the angel of death here. now, a young man who killed several people being transferred to a less secure facility. we'll speak to the mom of one of his victims. find out why she thinks the judge made this surprising call. senokot-s has a natural vegetable laxative ingredient plus the comfort of a stool softener for gentle, overnight relief of o
>> obama cut it out of medicare. obama's team would say he found that much in savings. he looked at medicare the same way you might look at your household budget and say where can we save money. they found $716 billion to save which i'm sure you haven't found in your household account. >> not like that. >> they said they found that much to save. in fact, what medicare analyst have said with those savings you can go further along without running into financial trouble. yes,...
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we know that president obama thinks, yes, some taxes should be cut -- should be raised so you get sort of the generalities of it. but let me tell you a couple things about the specifics. the first is that, remember in 2008 when it was candidate obama, he fought very hard against the idea of an individual mandate for a health care insurance. so it depends so much on who he has to deal with by the time a president gets to office, so the more specific they get, people stand back and sort of go, yeah, but you got to deal with congress. >> that's a good place to bring mark in. mark, you heard me say, congress, along with possibly the federal reserve, holds the keys here and it would be great if they all got together and said, we're not waiting for the election, we're not waiting to see which way the political winds blow, we've got a job to do and it is going to take all the time we need until the end of december to get it done and you say that i'm smoking something. >> you are smoking something, ali, and you're probably living in california where it is legal to do that but the bottom line i
we know that president obama thinks, yes, some taxes should be cut -- should be raised so you get sort of the generalities of it. but let me tell you a couple things about the specifics. the first is that, remember in 2008 when it was candidate obama, he fought very hard against the idea of an individual mandate for a health care insurance. so it depends so much on who he has to deal with by the time a president gets to office, so the more specific they get, people stand back and sort of go,...
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. >> greta: what is the obama cliff? and how do you distinguish it from the fiscal cliff. >> the fiscal cliff, if they don't do anything, taxes will go up and spending will be cut and businesses are hunkering down. but we looked at it and we said, is that their main concern? or are they more concerned about the prospect of a second ork bottomma term? if you look at what he has promised to do in the second term, there is good reason for businesses to worry. for example, he said, i am going to raise taxes. he says, it's only on the rich. but he's admitted that he is going to raise taxes on small businesses. he says it will impact 2% of small businesses. that sounds like not very many. but when you figure that's 900,000 small businesses to see a tax increase. he also wants to raise capital gains taxes and dividend tax significantly. this will affect investments. so businesses are looking at that. they are thinking, this is not going to be good for us. he has also promised to continue to advance the regulatory machinery that
. >> greta: what is the obama cliff? and how do you distinguish it from the fiscal cliff. >> the fiscal cliff, if they don't do anything, taxes will go up and spending will be cut and businesses are hunkering down. but we looked at it and we said, is that their main concern? or are they more concerned about the prospect of a second ork bottomma term? if you look at what he has promised to do in the second term, there is good reason for businesses to worry. for example, he said, i am...
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i would love for it to be better numbers but those are good and in favor of president obama. that's not the question at hasn't. what is happening is some of the people who thought they were getting 99 weeks of unemployment benefits found out that is not the case but there has been cuts to those programs, and the cuts are under the gun already. that makes me angry because this is how much the rich have chipped in these tough times as we ask the poor and middle class to pay. zero dollars and zero cents. yeah, you know tighten your belts. get back on the line. [chuckling] or get off the line because you're not going to get a check. but the rich have so far gotten no tax increases whatsoever. so that's also clear. why are we in the supreme court? interesting. i'm going to go in a different direction on the issue of 99 weeks. i think that 99 weeks is not necessarily the way to go. and i think that if we had a deal where we increase tax on the rich but maybe we knock down the unemployment benefits to 73 weeks or something, i might live with that. my question to the supreme court, l
i would love for it to be better numbers but those are good and in favor of president obama. that's not the question at hasn't. what is happening is some of the people who thought they were getting 99 weeks of unemployment benefits found out that is not the case but there has been cuts to those programs, and the cuts are under the gun already. that makes me angry because this is how much the rich have chipped in these tough times as we ask the poor and middle class to pay. zero dollars and zero...
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party of a series of demonstrations against president obama's budget proposal cutting nasa's funding by $300 million. >>> well if you watch "america's got talent" you might have seen this guy. soldier timothy poe who wowed the judges on the nbc program after stuttering when he spoke but singing without a hitch. he said the stutter was caused by a grenade attack. the minnesota national army guard has no record of this. his records do not indicate he was injureed by a grenade in combat while serving in afghanistan in 2009 as he reports. the minnesota national guard can also confirm he was not awarded the purple heart medal for wounds sustained in combat. he is apologizing now for all this but says he didn't lie. >> i didn't ever admit to hurt anyone. i really don't know what's reality and what's not reality. >> do you feel like you've lied about something? >> no. i don't -- i don't feel like i've lied. that's what's driving me crazy, it's because i -- i truly thought this happened to me. >> as florida stand your ground law faces scrutiny following trayvon martin's death, a similar law
party of a series of demonstrations against president obama's budget proposal cutting nasa's funding by $300 million. >>> well if you watch "america's got talent" you might have seen this guy. soldier timothy poe who wowed the judges on the nbc program after stuttering when he spoke but singing without a hitch. he said the stutter was caused by a grenade attack. the minnesota national army guard has no record of this. his records do not indicate he was injureed by a grenade...
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keeping tax cuts for those making $250,000 a year or less. extending unemployment benefits and it would delay dramatic spending cuts until later next year. the top senate republican recognizes this is a critical time. >> we are engaged in discussions the majority leader and myself and the white house in the hopes that we can come forward as early as sunday and have a recommendation that i can make to my conference and the majority leader can make to o his conference and so we will be working hard to try to see he if we can get there in the next 24 hours. >> among the questions to be answered, what level do you set extending the bush tax cuts? $250,000 income? $500,000 or $750,000. that will all get hammered out this sundby, by this sunday when house lawmakers are set to return. failure or a bad deal could have major economic impact if the markets react poorly. greta? >> greta: mike, thank you. and check your watches because we are only about 73 hours and 55 minutes away from the big event. that is how much time we have before the president, t
keeping tax cuts for those making $250,000 a year or less. extending unemployment benefits and it would delay dramatic spending cuts until later next year. the top senate republican recognizes this is a critical time. >> we are engaged in discussions the majority leader and myself and the white house in the hopes that we can come forward as early as sunday and have a recommendation that i can make to my conference and the majority leader can make to o his conference and so we will be...
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meanwhile, president obama cut his hawaii vacation short to return to washington today. but has he been working on a deal? "outfront" tonight, reports from both ends of pennsylvania avenue. chief white house correspondent, jessica yellin, and senior congressional correspondent, dana bash. jessica, first, to you, the president's back in washington, wheels down. he left his christmas vacation early. but was this just a bit of showmanship, or has he been working on something specific? >> reporter: hey, john. well, today has been a bit of a quiet day here at the white house. publicly, the president has been scarce, no sign of him. behind closed doors, i'm told a few meetings internally, but mostly, relatively quiet. i expect we will see more from the president, perhaps we could even see him publicly tomorrow. perhaps he could even meet with or talk to some of the congressional leaders. the president's role in all of this, he can get each of the leaders to come closer on what the white house believes is already, pretty clearly, the framework for a final deal, and he can also
meanwhile, president obama cut his hawaii vacation short to return to washington today. but has he been working on a deal? "outfront" tonight, reports from both ends of pennsylvania avenue. chief white house correspondent, jessica yellin, and senior congressional correspondent, dana bash. jessica, first, to you, the president's back in washington, wheels down. he left his christmas vacation early. but was this just a bit of showmanship, or has he been working on something specific?...
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on spending cuts president obama proposed $1.2 trillion, about equal to what he was asking in revenue. boehner passed draconian spending cuts in the house with no revenue component. on extended unemployment insurance, another check for the president. nada for boehner. on the debt limit president obama proposed a structure similar to what republican leader mitch mcconnell proposed last year. boehner wants to hold the nation's full faith and credit hostage once again to attain even more spending cuts. president obama even threw in an added incentive for republicans, by agreeing to a change in the way social security increases are calculated. no such olive branch was ever extended by republicans. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. tonight's question, is john boehner's move to reconvene the house a face-saving political move or a genuine effort to reach a deal? text a for political. text b for genuine effort. to 622639. or go to our blog at.msnbc.com. i'll bring you the results later in the show. joining me now is legendary congressman charlie rangel of new york. con
on spending cuts president obama proposed $1.2 trillion, about equal to what he was asking in revenue. boehner passed draconian spending cuts in the house with no revenue component. on extended unemployment insurance, another check for the president. nada for boehner. on the debt limit president obama proposed a structure similar to what republican leader mitch mcconnell proposed last year. boehner wants to hold the nation's full faith and credit hostage once again to attain even more spending...
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continuing its upside from yesterday because we know that rbi cut interest rates by 50 basis points yesterday to help boost sagging domestic growth. carolyn, over to you. >> christine, thank you is much for that. >>> coming up on the show, mitt romney hits on obama's economic policies and says no to qe3. we'll discuss romney's rhetoric next. >>> let's get some final thoughts from our guest host simon grose-hodge. simon, before we palette you go, you say japan is a trading buy. why optimistic on japan. >> we think they're markets you should be buying into with the recent dip we've seen. the bank of japan is on a huge pressure and we thing that policy easing is coming through. that's going to lead to a significant week again. that's going to be a good boost to the exporting section and that will help the nikkei. also if you look at the earnings, while everyone's concentrating on it, japanese companies are coming out with very strong earnings. the equity market is still relatively cheap so we think there's the potential to g up 10% or 12%. we realize japan ends up being a fris stratsing investme
continuing its upside from yesterday because we know that rbi cut interest rates by 50 basis points yesterday to help boost sagging domestic growth. carolyn, over to you. >> christine, thank you is much for that. >>> coming up on the show, mitt romney hits on obama's economic policies and says no to qe3. we'll discuss romney's rhetoric next. >>> let's get some final thoughts from our guest host simon grose-hodge. simon, before we palette you go, you say japan is a...
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an agreement of tax increases and spending cuts in the so-called fiscal cliff. without a deal the fiscal cliff could trigger a recession next year and congress must act by january 1st in order to avoid that automatic tax increase and spending cuts. >>> time is 6:15. a new stumbling block for hillary clinton's chances to reach a middle east cease fire. a bus explosion in tel aviv. alison burns is live in our washington, d.c. newsroom. alison. >> reporter: dave, we received a statement from the white house within the past hour calling the attack on innocent civilians outrageous. israelis say it was a terrorist attack the bus bombing in tel aviv hurt at least 18 people. three seriously. hamas praised the attack but did not claim responsibility. secretary of state hillary clinton who is in egypt at this hour also issued a statement saying the u.s. strongly condemns the attack and ready to provide any assistance that israel requires. secretary clinton is is calling for a truth and longer term agreement. >> the goal must be a durable outcome that promotes regional --
an agreement of tax increases and spending cuts in the so-called fiscal cliff. without a deal the fiscal cliff could trigger a recession next year and congress must act by january 1st in order to avoid that automatic tax increase and spending cuts. >>> time is 6:15. a new stumbling block for hillary clinton's chances to reach a middle east cease fire. a bus explosion in tel aviv. alison burns is live in our washington, d.c. newsroom. alison. >> reporter: dave, we received a...
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these are automatic spending cuts. the obama doesn't want them. this is leverage point for republicans. adam: you're an economist. we're journalists and we're only good for free drinks. are we going over the cliff? >> i think it is undeniable the economy falls into recession if we do go over the fiscal cliff. even chairman bernanke was very clear on this point telling everyone if the economy goes over the fiscal cliff even the fed itself does not have you have enough tools to go over against the impact. in terms of lack of investment and in terms of businesses closing their doors and remaining sidelined still for quarters going into 2013. adam: well, lindsey, you again are an economist. which is worse, the spending cut from the sequestration or the tax increase? which hits us, 310 million of us are american citizens. which hits us worse? >> well generally when we talk about the difference between spending cuts or tax increases you have to think of taxes as having 1 1/2 times the impact because what that does, there is a trickle down, in fact. we p
these are automatic spending cuts. the obama doesn't want them. this is leverage point for republicans. adam: you're an economist. we're journalists and we're only good for free drinks. are we going over the cliff? >> i think it is undeniable the economy falls into recession if we do go over the fiscal cliff. even chairman bernanke was very clear on this point telling everyone if the economy goes over the fiscal cliff even the fed itself does not have you have enough tools to go over...
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. >> president obama had said that he has pen in hand, he's prepared to sign the middle class tax cuts. >> i think it's important congress act now, i mean right now. >> they're still not paying they're fair share? the people working have to pay even more in order to cover the incompetent errors by the spenders over all these years. >> greta: former speaker of the house newt gingrich joins us, author of the book "victory at your town." why are you telling house republicans to, quote, get a grip? >> i think this whole fiscal cliff language is designed to maximize a sense of fear that's nonsense. the very same people, the congress and president, who invented the fiscal cliff -- this is all an invention -- could break it down into 12 foothills. there are 15 foothills, or 20 foothills. they could tackle one problem at the time. i agree with what i understand senator jeff sessions has said, and i think he'll be on your show later, this ought to be out in the open. we're rushing toward a secret deal made in secret meetings where nobody will know what's going on, and then people will be told,
. >> president obama had said that he has pen in hand, he's prepared to sign the middle class tax cuts. >> i think it's important congress act now, i mean right now. >> they're still not paying they're fair share? the people working have to pay even more in order to cover the incompetent errors by the spenders over all these years. >> greta: former speaker of the house newt gingrich joins us, author of the book "victory at your town." why are you telling house...
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tax hikes to spending cuts. i mean, this is how far obama and to use your word has cool them. this is not going to be palatable to the caucus. a democratic strategist. >> well, it probably won't, but here's the real point. president obama does not have to offer any of this on any matter. he has the support of public opinion. the speaker does not have the support of his own caucus. he is getting squeezed on both sides. the president learned from his last go around that he is not going to negotiate against itself. while he has the upper hand, the support of the public. he has come back with this counter. and the speaker is left once again to try to sell to his caucus after already throwing committee members on the bus to send the message to the caucus that he expects everyone to lineup. he as a tough job, and we will see if he can do it. lou: i want to conclude on gun control, the drumbeat that we have been talking about throughout the show. does it go anywhere this time? >> i believe we will see something, and i think as with the fiscal cliff, we can see it to ships -- two step
tax hikes to spending cuts. i mean, this is how far obama and to use your word has cool them. this is not going to be palatable to the caucus. a democratic strategist. >> well, it probably won't, but here's the real point. president obama does not have to offer any of this on any matter. he has the support of public opinion. the speaker does not have the support of his own caucus. he is getting squeezed on both sides. the president learned from his last go around that he is not going to...
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president obama has announced a far reaching and defense review announcing cuts of half a trillion dollars, thousands of job losses, and a shift in focus to the asia-pacific region. >> since the cold war, america has fought with overwhelming power backed by a vast budget spent in afghanistan and iraq, the u.s. fielded huge armies. military might protecting hard power across the globe. now they face their greatest challenge economically. >> three years ago -- and >> president obama says that huge government deficits are a chance to prioritize penn to defense cuts of $450 billion and possibly as much as a trillion will hurt. -- president obama says that huge government deficits are a chance to prioritize. defense cuts of 450 billion will hurt. >> we will make our forces agile, flexible, and be prepared for a full range of contingencies and threats. >> the army and marines will bear the brunt of the cuts with large reductions in numbers. the rise of china means a shift in focus to the asia-pacific region. there will be continued investment in high-tech weapons like the drones' currently used
president obama has announced a far reaching and defense review announcing cuts of half a trillion dollars, thousands of job losses, and a shift in focus to the asia-pacific region. >> since the cold war, america has fought with overwhelming power backed by a vast budget spent in afghanistan and iraq, the u.s. fielded huge armies. military might protecting hard power across the globe. now they face their greatest challenge economically. >> three years ago -- and >> president...
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white house and the republicans in congress. >> reporter: in his saturday weekly address, president obama signaled he is open to making cuts on programs like medicare and medicaid if republicans agree to raise tax rates for the rich. >> i'm willing to find ways to bring down the cost of health care without hurting seniors and other americans who depend on it. and i'm willing to make more entitlement spendings cuts on top of the $1 trillion in spending cuts i signed into law last year. >> reporter: his remarks came one day after house speaker john boehner announced the talkes were stalled. >> well, this isn't a progress report because there's no progress to be report. >> reporter: his democratic counter-part ploals blamed boehner for the stalemate. >> what they offered in return was an empty letter lacking in specifics. >> reporter: such is the state of negotiations 23 days before the deadline when federal income tax rates will revert to higher clinton-era leveles, a 2% payroll tax cut will expire, and long-term unemployment benefits will dry up for over two million americans who have been
white house and the republicans in congress. >> reporter: in his saturday weekly address, president obama signaled he is open to making cuts on programs like medicare and medicaid if republicans agree to raise tax rates for the rich. >> i'm willing to find ways to bring down the cost of health care without hurting seniors and other americans who depend on it. and i'm willing to make more entitlement spendings cuts on top of the $1 trillion in spending cuts i signed into law last...